BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Rod Rucker scored 25 points and pulled down 12 rebounds and Alabama-Birmingham used 26 second-half free throws to rally and beat Prairie View 76-70 Tuesday in nonconference action.
Jordan Swing, Fahro Alihodzic and Isiah Jones had 10 points apiece for UAB (3-1). Swing, Alihoszic and Jones combined to go 16 of 16 from the free-throw line.
Rucker, who was 8 of 12 from the field, could have crossed the 30-point threshold, but went just 9 of 17 from the line.
Prairie View (2-4) shot 51.5 percent (17 of 33) en route to a 38-33 halftime lead. They led the entire half.
UAB, however, opened the second half with 13 consecutive points to take a 46-38 lead with 14:18 left to play.
The Blazers pushed its lead to as much as 11, 55-44, in the second half and didn't let Prairie View get any closer than five during the period.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Prairie View A&M (2-4) | 38 | 32 | 70 |
| UAB (3-1) « | 33 | 43 | 76 |
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| Prairie View A&M Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Jenkins, F | 24 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Chapman, F | 20 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| C. Blair, G | 34 | 7-18 | 0-1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| R. Gesiakowski, G | 31 | 7-12 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| J. DeMuynck, G | 24 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Wright | 21 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Montgomery | 18 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| J. Eleby | 11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| M. Riathin | 7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Jones | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Scott | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Aina | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-74 | 5-9 | 52 | 12 | 24 | 70 | |
| 40.5% | 55.6% | ||||||
| UAB Blazers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Rucker, F | 35 | 8-12 | 9-17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| J. Swing, F | 28 | 1-4 | 8-8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| F. Alihodzic, C | 23 | 3-9 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| T. Jones, G | 28 | 3-10 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| R. Williams, G | 18 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Purifoy | 23 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| I. Jones | 21 | 2-8 | 4-4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Q. Taylor | 14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Tyler | 10 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 22-66 | 28-37 | 43 | 14 | 17 | 76 | |
| 33.3% | 75.7% | ||||||
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